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Structure and Workings The Early Years History Iona History The Early Years About 400AD St Ninian began the first largescale Christian mission to Scotland from Whithorn converting many ID: 250930

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Slide1

The Church Of Scotland

Structure and WorkingsSlide2

The Early Years

History

IonaSlide3

History The Early Years

About 400AD, St

Ninian

began the first large-scale Christian mission to Scotland from

Whithorn

,

converting many

Pictish

people to the new

faith.

The great heroic figure of the early story is St Columba, the Irish prince-in-exile, who crossed to the island of

Iona

later in the fifth century. Slide4

History The Middle Ages

In the centuries that followed, as Scotland began to find its identity as a nation, and hundreds of years of tension with her English neighbours to the South began, the Church adopted the Roman, not Celtic, practices of work and worship.

The papacy however

allowed Scotland to be independent of England for church purposes.Slide5

History Reformation

The Reformation in Scotland came to its head in the

1560s,

John Knox is famous for head-to-head debates with Mary, Queen of Scots, the Catholic Queen who returned from France and tried to remain loyal to the Roman system. By the end of the 16th century, the Protestant Church of Scotland had developed into a

Presbyterian

Church,

with a

strong tradition of preaching and Scriptural emphasis.Slide6

History Covenanters

The

Church of Scotland

was a key player

since it was reformed in the 16th century. It was not all plain sailing from then on, however, especially after the crowns of Scotland and England were united in 1603. Attempts by Charles I and Charles II to control the

Kirk

met with

protest. Many

years of struggle continued amongst factions with different views. Known as the Covenanters they continued to proclaim their faith, even resorting to holding open-air services.Slide7

History National Church

The succession of William and Mary to the throne in 1688 changed the situation, and the Revolution Settlement of 1690 finally established the reformed,

Presbyterian

Church as the

National

Church of Scotland. Slide8

History Disruption and Reunion

Controversy and division were common in the Church between 1750 and 1850, when there was considerable concern about the Church's relations with the

State.

The largest division was the Disruption of 1843, a major split which saw about one third of the Kirk break away to form what came to be the Free Kirk.Slide9

History Disruption and Reunion

The next 90 years were spent removing the causes of division, and reuniting several

Churches

, all of them

Presbyterian

, so that today the Church of Scotland is the largest Protestant

Church

in the

countrySlide10

History The Church of Scotland Today

The process of reunion gave the Church of Scotland an opportunity to resolve once and for all how it wanted to govern itself and how it wanted to relate to the state.

Today the Church of Scotland lives in the creative tension of serving a nation, offering the ordinances of religion and also providing a prophetic Gospel voice through parish ministry and national engagement of many kinds.Slide11

History Women in The Church

Women were only made eligible for ministerial ordination in 1968, one year after a group of six women made a ground-breaking appeal to the General Assembly for them to be allowed to be fully ordained ministers of word and sacraments. This was only two years after women were permitted to be ordained to the office of the eldership. The first woman elder in the Church of Scotland was ordained on 19 June 1966. Slide12

History The Church of Scotland’sGoverning System.

The Church of Scotland's Governing System is Presbyterian which means that no one person or group within the Church has more influence or say than any other. Slide13

History The Church of Scotland.

Karl Barth, a German theologian, coined the Latin phrase,

Ecclesia

reformata

semper

reformanda

.

It means that the reformed

Church

is always reforming

and changing

, always in a state of flux and today is no different.Slide14

History The Church of Scotland.

The emblem of the Church of Scotland is the burning bush set on the saltire of

St

Andrew.

This relates

to the episode in the book of Exodus where Moses encounters

the

living God

in the desert.Slide15

History The Church of Scotland.

The burning

bush also symbolises the living presence of God within the life of the

Church

. Slide16

History The Church of Scotland.

The

Church’s motto:

Nec

tamen

consumebatur

translates as not however consumed. Slide17

Presbyterian

The Church of Scotland's governing system is Presbyterian which means that no one person or group within the Church has more influence or say than any other. Slide18

History The Church of Scotland.

Presbyterian governance means government by

Presbyteries

as opposed for example to government by

Bishops

in an

Episcopal Church

or by

Congregations in a Congregational Church

.Slide19

Church of Scotland Government is Organised on the Basis of Courts. Slide20

The General Assembly

Is

the superior court of the Church

and is responsible for

Church

policy, organisation and discipline of the Church is made up of mainly of ministers and elders who are commissioned by the Presbyteries on a rota basis. In both the Presbyteries and the General Assembly there should be an approximately equal number of ministers and elders to prevent the clergy from being in a dominating position in the Church.Slide21

The General Assembly

The General Assembly progresses its work through the Councils of the General

Assembly:-Slide22

The General Assembly

The Ministries Council

The Mission and Discipleship Council

The World Mission Council

The Church and Society Council

The Social Care Council

The Council of AssemblySlide23

The General Assembly

These councils

are responsible

for

different areas of the church’s work. Here is a quick summary of the areas of work covered by the Councils of the General AssemblySlide24

The General Assembly

Supporting a variety of ministries for the Church,

from

the first stirring of a 'call' through to

retirement.

Ministries Council :- Slide25

The General Assembly

Promoting an overall focus

for

mission and developing resources for

congregations.

Mission and

Discipleship:- Slide26

The General Assembly

Internationally to share the gospel, support theological education and encourage holistic ministry

World Mission Working

:-Slide27

The General Assembly

Engaging

in the national, political and social issues affecting Scotland and the world today.

Church and Society:-

Slide28

The General Assembly

(

CrossReach

)

Offering services in Christ's name and specialist resources to further the caring work of the Church to people in need.

Social Care Council:- Slide29

The General Assembly

Setting priorities among the councils and committees,

and taking the necessary administrative decisions between General Assemblies

Council of Assembly:- Slide30

The General Assembly

The secretariats of the Councils of the General Assembly along with the legal department and other central functions are based at the Church of Scotland

Headquarters

in 121 George Street, Edinburgh.Slide31

Presbyteries

The middle tier of the government of the Church of Scotland are the Presbyteries of which there are 45.Slide32

Presbyteries

Ardrossan Presbytery is one of three in Ayrshire along with Ayr and Irvine and Kilmarnock.

Most of the presbyteries are in Scotland, but England is one presbytery as is Europe and Jerusalem.Slide33

Presbyteries

The Presbyteries are made up of representatives of Kirk Sessions within the bounds of the Presbytery. As with the General Assembly the aim is to balance the number of ministers and elders.Slide34

Presbyteries

The role of the Presbytery Clerk is to keep the minutes of the meetings, to offer advice on legal matters and to ensure that proper procedures are followed.Slide35

Presbyteries

Has

21 charges within the bounds. Some of these are linked so there are more than 21 congregations in the presbytery.

Ardrossan

Presbytery :-Slide36

Presbytery - Charges

Ardrossan: Park

Ardrossan and Saltcoats

:

Kirkgate

Beith

Brodick

linked with Corrie l/w

Lochranza

and

Pirnmill

l/w

Shiskine

.

Cumbrae

linked with

Largs

: St John’s

Dalry

: St Margaret’s

Dalry

: Trinity

Fairlie

linked

with

Largs

: St

Columba’sSlide37

Presbytery Charges

Kilbirnie

: Auld Kirk Kilbirnie: St Columba’s

Kilmory

linked with

Lamlash

Kilwinning

:

Mansefield Trinity

Kilwinning

: Old

Largs

: Clark

MemorialSlide38

Presbytery Charges

Saltcoats

: NorthSaltcoats

: St Cuthbert’s

Stevenston

:

Ardeer

linked with

Stevenston: Livingstone

Stevenston:High

West Kilbride

Whiting Bay and

KildonanSlide39

Presbytery

Ardrossan Presbytery is responsible for the pastoral oversight of the charges and the supervision and discipline of congregations and ministers within the bounds. Slide40

Presbytery

Like most

Presbyteries Ardrossan Presbytery conducts much of its business through committees which are responsible for particular areas of the work of the Presbytery.Slide41

Presbytery

The Presbytery committees are:

Business Committee

Nominations Committee

Vacancy Procedure Committee

Appraisal Committee

Ministries and Superintendence

Mission Committee

Finance Property and Stewardship

Church and SocietySlide42

The Kirk Session

The Kirk

Session is the

lowest court of the Church

.Slide43

The Kirk Session

The Kirk

Session is moderated,

or

convened

by the minister

of

the congregation.Slide44

The Kirk Session

The minister and elders decide what the priorities of the congregation should be, in accordance with the laws of the church.Slide45

The Kirk Session

Congregations have certain freedom in making decisions but they are subject to the decisions of the Presbytery and of the General Assembly of the Church of ScotlandSlide46

The Kirk Session

Kirk Sessions mainly operate under one of two forms of

Constitution:-

The Unitary Constitution

The Model Congregation. Slide47

The Kirk Session

Means

that the Kirk Session is responsible through its committees for all areas of the work of the local church.

The Unitary Constitution:-Slide48

The Kirk Session

There

is both a Kirk Session and a Congregational

Board within the congregation.

Under the

Model

Constitution:- Slide49

The Kirk Session

The Congregational Board deals with the property and finance of the congregation.

The Kirk Session are responsible for the mission, Christian Education and the worship of the

Church

. Slide50